Epigram on a Country Laird by Robert Burns
The speaker urges Cardoness to thank Christ for promising bodily resurrection, joking that if only souls were raised, Cardoness would lie dead forever.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 84 words
First lines
not quite so wise as Solomon.
Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp, / With grateful, lifted eyes, / Who taught that not the soul alone, / But body too shall rise; / For had He said "the soul alone / From death I will deliver," / Alas, alas! O Cardoness, / Then hadst thou lain for ever.
Genres
- Epigram — The brief address ends with a pointed joke that reverses its opening exhortation to gratitude.
- Satirical Poetry — The speaker turns Christ's promise of bodily resurrection into a personal insult against Cardoness.
Tags
resurrection · personal mockery · epigrams · religious references
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 84 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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